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September 05, 2006
The Unlucky Shirt
On Saturday, I bought a lovely jacquard button-down shirt for work. Ice blue, tailored (well, just enough to distinguish me from the boys) and very soft to the touch. A bit on the expensive side, but I thought it was a good investment.
This morning, I wore my pretty blue shirt with a pair of fitted black pinstripe pants and black heels. Unfortunately, my subway train had a leaky ceiling panel and I didn't notice until a few brownish-black drops had splattered all over my right sleeve. After some frantic blotting in the bathroom, the spots dried to an unpleasant yellow-brown blob extending from wrist to elbow.
Later on in the afternoon, I was discussing something with a colleague when he started purposefully looking at the ceiling. I finished making my point and raised an eyebrow at him questioningly. He sighed and smiled, eyes still averted, and said:
"You're busting out of your shirt."
It seemed that two of my buttons had magically undone themselves, exposing rather more than what is considered appropriate for the workplace. I scowled and did them back up while my friend congratulated himself for being chivalrous enough to let me know.
So in addition to attractive yellow-brown splotches all over my right sleeve, the buttons on my new shirt have a nasty tendency to slip out of their buttonholes at the most inopportune moments.
A rather poor debut, I'd say.
Posted by eerie at September 5, 2006 05:04 PM
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Hey, shirt happens.
Posted by: matthew hogan at September 5, 2006 09:32 PM
in the right sittuations, the slippery button phenomena could be quite useful.
think that stain will come out?
Posted by: drdougfir ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://eerie.aqoul.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at September 6, 2006 03:12 PM
If utility were the issue, the shirt would unbutton itself on command.
Stain came out, but the garment is unreliable. May not wear it again.
Posted by: eerie at September 9, 2006 09:47 PM
keep it in your stable for when clubbing. such a shirt could be VERY useful.
Posted by: drdougfir at September 9, 2006 09:52 PM
